Prayers and Meditations eBook

Let him, then,
repeat six times the greeting “Allah-u-Abha,”
and then repeat
nineteen times each of the following verses:

We all, verily, worship God.

We all, verily, bow down before God.

We all, verily, are devoted unto God.

We all, verily, give praise unto God.

We all, verily, yield thanks unto God.

We all, verily, are patient in God.

(If the dead be a woman, let him say:

This is Thy handmaiden and the
daughter of Thy handmaiden,etc....)

Prayer
for the Dead.

CLXVIII: “O my Lord! Make Thy beauty to be my food, and...”

O my Lord! Make Thy beauty to be my food, and
Thy presence my drink, and Thy pleasure my hope, and
praise of Thee my action, and remembrance of Thee
my companion, and the power of Thy sovereignty my succorer,
and Thy habitation my home, and my dwelling-place
the seat Thou hast sanctified from the limitations
imposed upon them who are shut out as by a veil from
Thee.

Glorified, immensely glorified art Thou! Thou
art He Who from everlasting hath been the King of
the entire creation and its Prime Mover, and Thou
wilt to everlasting remain the Lord of all created
things and their Ordainer. Glorified art Thou,
O my God! If Thou ceasest to be merciful unto
Thy servants, who, then, will show mercy unto them;
and if Thou refusest to succor Thy loved ones, who
is there that can succor them?

Glorified, immeasurably glorified art Thou! Thou
art adored in Thy truth, and Thee do we all, verily,
worship; and Thou art manifest in Thy justice, and
to Thee do we all, verily, bear witness. Thou
art, in truth, beloved in Thy grace. No God is
there but Thee, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.

CLXX: “Thy name is my healing, O my God, and remembrance...”

Thy name is my healing, O my God, and remembrance
of Thee is my remedy. Nearness to Thee is my
hope, and love for Thee is my companion. Thy mercy
to me is my healing and my succor in both this world
and the world to come. Thou, verily, art the
All-Bountiful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.